Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.

7. Birth. Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (d.2010)

15. The NBC Radio Network opens in the United States with 24 stations.

15. The Balfour Declaration is approved by the 1926 Imperial Conference, making the Commonwealth dominions equal and independent.

27. The restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, VA, USA